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    Is this poop concerning?

    Thanks, guys. The vet recommended layer feed to start, but we will switch to chick starter feed soon. Watery/mushy feed has certainly been more attractive to him, but he's still not very interested. I mixed it with scrambled eggs, but the amount he eats is... pretty disappointing. I don't know...
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    Is this poop concerning?

    Dang. I can't get him to eat more. His previous "owners" got him used to eat corn. Just corn. I've been trying to incorporate layer feed in his diet, but he doesn't like it. He only eats a little and moves on. The vet says he's probably lacking protein. How else could I provide this protein...
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    Is this poop concerning?

    There's something about the bright coffee-coloured ring in the first one that seems off to me. But the second one is also...kinda diarrheic? For context, this rooster is on antibiotics (cephalexin) for a skin infection. I'm afraid this could be causing this kind of poop and I wonder how normal...
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    Red butt and legs?

    Thanks for your answer. I ended up taking him to the vet because he couldn't poop and turns out he does have a skin infection but only around his vent (and it's related to constipation which I didn't know he had until I saw him struggling to poop). The rest of red skin I see is just his skin...
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    Red butt and legs?

    So, my rooster has bright red skin in his butt, legs, and elbows (see up his legs where the feathers start). He was neglected before he was rescued and he was exposed to mites and lived in a cage, which I think explains this, but now... I've had him for three months in much better conditions...
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    Is overall health tied to breed?

    I went through the opposite situation. My Barred Rocks stopped laying eggs at 2 years old due to an IBV outbreak. Both Golden Comets had reproductive complications, but the Barred didn't give a f*** about IBV. They just stopped laying eggs. Having seen the Golden Comets struggle with eggs, I...
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    Is overall health tied to breed?

    Kind of obvious, but my town's avian vet says that breeds with high egg production have poorer health because they are more prone to reproductive issues. I had two Golden Comets and both of them had prolapses; one of them died from internal laying + salpingitis, after getting surgery from her...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today I'm working on teaching Benjamin to go back to his coop and not try to spend the night on the ladder 😅
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Thank you everyone for your opinions and experiences. We've pretty much decided to wait and see how things go. So far, he looks really comfortable with his human flock! Especially with my partner, who "didn't want to keep him" 🤣 We have a routine for him and he seems to be adapting to it...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Thank you, we're actually thinking about this. We can't have the number of hens that we think this guy needs, but if they're big hens who can protect themselves from overbreeding, it might work. Let's just hope tables won't turn and the hens end up bullying him for being small 🤣 I don't think...
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    Sudden death in chickens

    I'm very sorry, this is the nightmare of all chicken keepers. As far as I know, Corid is for coccidiosis, but this looks like a virus or bacteria of some sort. It also kind of looks like what killed my Eris last year, in her case she got GI stasis before dying, please check if your living...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    What about the noise, though? When I had two roosters, they used to crow one after another, sometimes in loop. My neighbors loved me :lol:
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Oh, I hadn't thought about this! I had two roosters in the past and they mostly got along, but I raised them both as chicks, together. And there was some blood once in a while, because the non-dominant roo challenged the other, and well, he reminded him who was in charge... They never fought...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Guess I will have to make him a true diaper, then! I'm kind of confused because I knew house chickens existed, but I always wanted to keep mine outside because "that's their nature". But this one just refuses to give me space 😅 he even pecks at me when I'm not paying attention to him!
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    How do I know if having him as a pet is actually working? I mean, he looks quite happy now, he dust bathes, he forages... but at the same time, he's too clingy. He crows until I let him out of the coop/run and then he doesn't want to go back there to sleep. He wants to stay with us...
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